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Watching the first five minutes of the 2019 College Football National Championship produce 21 combined points, I sat back in awe. I’ve been lucky enough to cover college football for the past five years, but I’d never seen a game start, or finish, quite like this one. After the roller-coaster-like first several drives my advisor, …

We are leaving the hotel and I am not nervous. We are driving north on the 101 and I am not nervous. But as our car passes an office building and the facade of Levi’s Stadium, with this year’s National Championship logo present on the structure’s west side, my heart skips a beat or two. …

By Robby General | @rgeneraljr Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN JOSE, Calif. – You couldn’t wipe the smile away from Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney’s face. Standing at midfield surrounded by reporters, fans and a seemingly endless stream of orange and purple confetti falling within Levi’s Stadium, he gave an elated postgame speech.

Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Robby General, writing for Newsday, highlights how Clemson stunned Alabama 44-16 in the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship with the help of true freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence.  Read full story here.